The next day, Yi Yiming woke up neither early nor late. Normally, he would have slept until mid-morning, but due to his concern over cultivation points, Yi Yiming rose a bit earlier than usual.

As soon as he opened his eyes, Yi Yiming's heart stirred, and the attribute interface appeared before him.

Cultivation Points: 68

Although he had gained 64 cultivation points overnight, Yi Yiming noticed that the green lotus seed in the storage grid was gone. The remaining two hundred-year-old ginseng roots could last only until tomorrow, after which there would be no more herbs to absorb.

After breakfast, Yi Yiming left early. However, his destination today was not the "Yeji Medicine Shop" of the Ye family, but the Medicine Tower.

After all, the "Yeji Medicine Shop" was just an ordinary shop, mainly providing common herbs needed for simple ailments of Ye family members and servants.

The Medicine Tower, on the other hand, was different. It was said to have been established by a mysterious force, incredibly powerful, with branches in many countries. Even the royal family of Tianyang Kingdom held the Medicine Tower in high regard. It was the Tower's immense strength that stocked it with countless herbs and even contained elixirs.

Elixirs! They were supreme aids for cultivation. Yi Yiming's visit to the Medicine Tower today was precisely for elixirs. In his view, since herbs contained cultivation points, refined elixirs made from them would certainly yield even more cultivation points.

The Medicine Tower wasn't far from the Duke's residence. After crossing several streets, Yi Yiming saw a five-story building over twenty meters tall.

Since he intended to visit the Medicine Tower, Yi Yiming naturally gathered some information beforehand. For instance, the first floor housed herbs ranging from ten to fifty years old, while the second floor contained herbs between fifty and a hundred years old. The third floor featured basic elixirs along with some hundred-year-old herbs.

The fourth floor was off-limits to ordinary people, including Yi Yiming despite his status. Those who could access the fourth floor were all distinguished figures, much like Yi Yiming's grandfather, Duke Wuguo.

However, such individuals were rare throughout Tianyang Kingdom, so the fourth floor of the Medicine Tower remained largely untouched except during rare elixir auctions, where a few elixirs trickled down from there. Each auction item was highly coveted.

As for the fifth floor of the Medicine Tower, Yi Yiming had only heard rumors. It was said to be reserved for Heavenly-level experts, but he wasn't sure of its existence. Nevertheless, Yi Yiming had no intention of going beyond the third floor today. His goal was to purchase some elixirs and hundred-year-old herbs.

Upon entering the Medicine Tower, Yi Yiming didn't hesitate and headed straight for the third floor. The several guards who had been following him stayed behind at the entrance, as per the Tower's rules. Even if accompanied by guards, only one guard was allowed inside at most. Despite this restriction, nobody dared to cause trouble in the Medicine Tower, not even the Crown Prince.

Unlike the "Yeji Medicine Shop," where the scent of herbs permeated every floor except the first, the entire Medicine Tower, except for the first floor, had no herbal scent. This was due to stringent measures taken by the Tower to preserve its herbs.

The herbal scent on the first floor was because herbs were stored and processed there.

What Yi Yiming saw on the third floor astonished him. Both elixirs and herbs were stored in transparent crystal bottles.

Although surprised, Yi Yiming was relieved. He needed to see the herbs to use his Detection Technique. Otherwise, he would have to open each bottle individually.

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The current situation was favorable to Yi Yiming, so he didn't hesitate. His eyes gleaming, he quickly used the Detection Technique.

After using the Detection Technique, Yi Yiming listened to a series of system prompts, and his eyes widened immediately, drooling like a hungry ghost. This scene made Ye Qi, who was beside him, unable to bear it and lightly pushed Yi Yiming.

Yi Yiming, completely immersed in the system, was oblivious to what was happening around him. Even if he had known, he probably wouldn't have cared, as the information brought by the system was too shocking at this moment.

"System Prompt: Congratulations to the host for spending 1 skill point to activate the Alchemy skill!"

Primary Alchemy (0/1000): With the prerequisites of alchemical formulas and herbs, currently capable of refining human, earth, and heaven-grade elixirs. Success rates: 50% for human-grade elixirs, 10% for earth-grade elixirs, 1% for heaven-grade elixirs, and a 0.01% chance of producing a variant elixir. There is a 1% chance of restoring an alchemical formula during elixir exploration.

(Note: Due to the special nature of Alchemy, proficiency increases by 1 point each time an elixir fails. Success increases proficiency based on the quality of the elixir. Proficiency in Alchemy can be increased using cultivation points—every 10 points increase proficiency by 1 point.)

After reading the introduction to Alchemy, Yi Yiming was ecstatic beyond measure. Despite Alchemy requiring ten times the proficiency of other skills for upgrades and each point of skill requiring 10 cultivation points, its power was undeniable.

The system's prompts didn't end there. After fully activating the Alchemy skill, another prompt appeared.

"System Prompt: Discovered low-level martial elixir, triggering Alchemy skill. Obtained human-grade inferior martial elixir 'Warrior Elixir' and one alchemical formula."

Warrior Elixir Formula: Can refine human-grade inferior martial elixir 'Warrior Elixir'. Requires herbs: Herb of Grass Fruit, Ginseng, Fragrant Sage, Essence Grass, White Fruit, Lotus Flower, White Jade Flower, Fish Fragrance Grass, Red Flower Grass, Luo Shu Vine, Green Grass, Waterless, Leafless Grass.

Low-level Warrior Elixir has no specific herb requirements. Effect: When consumed by an ordinary person, it can elevate them to a low-level martial level, granting 10-20 cultivation points.

Medium-level Warrior Elixir requires herbs of ten years or more. Effect: When consumed by a low-level martial, it can elevate them to a medium-level martial, granting 100-200 cultivation points.

High-level Warrior Elixir requires herbs of a hundred years or more. Effect: When consumed by a medium-level martial, it can elevate them to a high-level martial, granting 1000-2000 cultivation points.

This prompt once again demonstrated the immense power of Alchemy to Yi Yiming. With just a low-level Warrior Elixir, he could obtain the formula for Warrior Elixir, and even the formulas for medium and high-level Warrior Elixirs. This was simply defying the heavens.

Yi Yiming suddenly felt that today was a lucky day. First, he activated Alchemy and then triggered the restoration of the Warrior Elixir formula, all with a 1% chance. Wasn't this incredible luck?

"Young Master? Young Master?" Beside him, Ye Qi saw Yi Yiming standing motionless for a long time and couldn't help but gently push him.

Yi Yiming snapped out of his reverie with Ye Qi's push. Only then did he realize he was still in the Medicine Tower. Thinking about what he had just done, Yi Yiming felt a bit embarrassed. However, as soon as his eyes were drawn back to those elixirs, any embarrassment vanished from his mind.

However, the rest of the time seemed to exhaust Yi Yiming's good luck. After inspecting over a dozen elixirs, he didn't trigger the Alchemy skill's restoration function. Yet Yi Yiming noticed a problem.

It seemed that all the Warrior Elixirs present were barely meeting the standard. For instance, among the five bottles of low-level Warrior Elixirs in front of Yi Yiming, each containing three pieces, there were a total of fifteen pieces. The highest cultivation points among these fifteen pieces were only 13 points. Furthermore, two pieces among these fifteen just reached exactly 10 points. This was far from the 20 points described in the Warrior Elixir formula for Yi Yiming's Alchemy skill.

Even the only bottle of medium-level Warrior Elixirs, with three pieces inside, had cultivation points of 103, 110, and 114 respectively.

As for high-level Warrior Elixirs, Yi Yiming had not seen them, but after making comparisons and considering other types of elixirs, Yi Yiming speculated that even high-level Warrior Elixirs would likely have no more than about 1200 points.

Therefore, Yi Yiming had a vague suspicion. If it wasn't that the Medicine Tower's alchemists were inept, then all the elixirs here should be discarded inferior goods. However, given the Medicine Tower's reputation, Yi Yiming's answer tended to lean towards the latter.

Arriving at this conclusion startled Yi Yiming. All this time, he had been buying leftovers from others.

Yi Yiming felt somewhat uncomfortable, but this feeling quickly disappeared because he suddenly realized—if he were to refine Warrior Elixirs, wouldn't this be a path to wealth?

In a daze, Yi Yiming suddenly saw a golden path beckoning to him.